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Friday, April 28, 2017

4/28/17: Win 4 Tickets to Annie in Boston

CONTEST CLOSED:CONGRATULATIONS ANNE FOR WINNING!The first Broadway show I ever saw when I was a kid was Annie. Now as one of my lucky readers I am giving you a chance to win 4 tickets to see the show at the I still have this doll I got at the show in 1977! Now I am giving you a chance to win 4 tickets to see it at the Boch Center Wang Theatre in Boston on May 9th or 10th at 7 pm.We saw the last performance of Annie at the Wang and loved it. In fact before the show we got to attend a Red Carpet event and met some of the performers.

The Boch Center and The Madison Square Garden Company are proud to announce that the U.S. National Tour of ANNIE, now in its third smash year, will play Boston’s Boch Center Wang Theatre May 9-21, 2017. Directed by original lyricist and director Martin Charnin for the 19th time, this production of ANNIE is a brand new physical incarnation of the iconic Tony Award®-winning original.
ANNIE has a book by Thomas Meehan, music by Charles Strouse and lyrics by Martin Charnin. All three authors received 1977 Tony Awards® for their work. Choreography is by Liza Gennaro, who has incorporated selections from her father Peter Gennaro’s 1977 Tony Award®-winning choreography.

The celebrated design team includes scenic design by Tony Award® winner Beowulf Boritt (Act One, The Scottsboro Boys, Rock of Ages), costume design by Costume Designer’s Guild Award winner Suzy Benzinger (Blue Jasmine, Movin’ Out, Miss Saigon), lighting design by Tony Award® winner Ken Billington (Chicago, Annie, White Christmas) and sound design by Tony Award® nominee Peter Hylenski (Rocky, Bullets Over Broadway, Motown). The lovable mutt “Sandy” is once again trained by Tony Award® Honoree William Berloni (Annie, A Christmas Story, Legally Blonde). Musical supervision and additional orchestrations are by Keith Levenson (Annie, She Loves Me, Dreamgirls). Casting is by Joy Dewing CSA, Joy Dewing Casting (Soul Doctor, Wonderland). The tour is produced by TROIKA Entertainment, LLC.
The original production of ANNIE opened April 21, 1977 at the Alvin Theatre and went on to win the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Musical, seven Drama Desk Awards including Best Musical, the Grammy for Best Cast Show Album and seven Tony Awards®, including Best Musical, Best Book (Thomas Meehan) and Best Score (Charles Strouse, Martin Charnin). The show remains one of the biggest Broadway musical hits ever. It ran for 2,377 performances after it first opened, and has been performed in 28 languages and has been running somewhere around the world for 39 years.
The beloved score for ANNIE includes “Maybe,” “It’s the Hard Knock Life,” “You’re Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile,” “Easy Street,” “I Don’t Need Anything But You” and the eternal anthem of optimism, “Tomorrow.”Tomorrow, Tomorrow, make sure you get tickets or win tickets below. Ok, I had to, I love that song!

Disclosure: I received 4 tickets to attend this performance of Annie and 4 tickets for giveaway. No other compensation was received and all opinions are my own.

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